16. Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems with Charging Stations for Transportation Electrification

This chapter presents the integration of nuclear-renewable energy sources to support energy infrastructures such as fast-charging stations for transportation electrification. Different coupling mechanisms are presented to support different installations and user requirements. Design and operation strategies and different technologies are illustrated to deploy nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems and their use for different applications in city, urban, and remote communities. Performance measures are proposed to evaluate different strategies. The chapter includes a techno-economic evaluation of interconnected nuclear-renewable micro hybrid energy systems with combined heat and power and their impact on a number of implementation strategies. Strategies are illustrated to deploy nuclear-renewable hybrid energy system (N-R HES), with considerations on scalability, capital cost, project lifetime, and other implementation parameters. Nuclear technologies are presented, including small modular reactor (SMR) or micro modular reactor (MMR), as integrated within micro energy grids. Resiliency and performance measures are discussed in view of a number of operation and control strategies to meet user requirements. The presented N-R HES is integrated with charging stations for transportation electrification. The integrated model is presented and analyzed.